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Dry cleaners in Missoula County, MT

The dry cleaners in Missoula County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$92.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,757 a household
Spending per listing
$92.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
123,513
+4.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Missoula County spend about $92.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,757 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $92.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

Missoula County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in Missoula County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Missoula County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, Missoula County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Missoula County compares

The same measures for Montana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the dry cleaners counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Dry cleaners in Missoula County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureMissoula CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.41.3
Spending per listing$92.6M$41.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,9438,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,757$1,721$2,055
Median household income$75,598$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Missoula County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Missoula County

Population, 2025 estimate
123,513+4.4% since 2020
Households
52,679
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$75,598+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,306
Median home value
$472,100
Jobs located here
66,258
Daytime population
128,477Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Missoula County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Missoula County, MT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in Missoula County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Missoula County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Missoula County, MT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $92.6M a year, or $1,757 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $92.6M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,679 households in Missoula County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Missoula County, MT compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Missoula County has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Missoula County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Missoula County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Missoula County at 123,513 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,679 households. Median household income in Missoula County is $75,598, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.8%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Missoula County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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